Campus Crusade

The Campus crusade had a social to day that was held in the Zoo part (which is situated in the city center) and it was really an amazing blessing to meet most of these ladies for the first time. We spend a great time worshiping and building new friendships.

A different life...

So many times God calls us to step out of our comfort zones to live a life that's different from our little "perfect" lives that we lay out for our self. He has predestined us and called us to take part in His amazing story. But like Moses, we have so many excuses not realizing that the one who calls us will give us the strength to complete the task we are about to take on.

 Oh!!...so many times He has called me yet I have failed Him, but out of His love and grace He still chose to give me a second chance. I know that all the way my savior leads me, yet I find myself in doubt of His tender mercy, who through life has been my GOD but Him, He gives me grace for every trial. He leads me and keep me from falling and carry me close to His heart. The fullness of His love and assurance of His promises is what keeps me going.
What are we mankind but the dust of the earth? yet so unexplainable...He loves us so deeply.

Take care of your Garden

The heart is your garden

your kind words are the roots

your kind thoughts are the flowers

your good deeds are the fruits

take care of your garden

and keep out the weeds.

Fill it with sunshine, above all fill it with Jesus.

A little illustration I used in my bible class with the grade 2's today.

 

Sports Day.

Our Sport Day!
The kids were all divided into three teams.

Yellow team.

Red team.

And the Blue team.

But after the big race and the kids had fun and all, there was only one team that won the big prize and that was the...

YELLOW TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best day ever.

Back to the City

I am leaving the YWAM base and heading back in to town for good. So sad and exciting at the same time. It was surely life changing to be able to live at the base for 2 months and a few weeks. I loved the peace and the quietness that it offered, for it made me to be still and know that God was there. The hunger created within to find Him through hiking and to see His beauty, unfailing love, and Glory from every mountain top. I give Him the Glory for bringing me as low at to my feet and face. For showing me how broken I was when I thought I was perfectly complete. For opening my eyes to Him everything Ling presence around me and for assuring me day after day that He indeed was, is, and will always be there. He brought people in my life while there just to show me how effective His great plan of Salvation still is in this Broken world. And what type of people His willing to use to bring in the Harvest. I have raced the sunrise on top of the mountain, as saw His mercy in every sunrise and He's forgiveness in every sunset. Indeed sometime God does brings Us at certain places, to be with certain people in order for us to HUNGER, THIRST, SEEK, and GROW much more closer to Him

A mission team from Phoenix

In our second last month before the holiday we were blessed to have a team from Phoenix Arizona.

I had the opportunity to stay with them at the YWAM base and drove down to school with them every morning. 

Half of the team members helped at school every morning while the other half especially the men helped build Martha's house and the construction of the roof. They have been building wonderful relationships with the children. The children really loved them.

I have to say the past two weeks has marked an amazing journey of my life, it was truly amazing just to see God's words proven to be true day after day. The words that declares that God is the Father of all. He has broken down the wall of hatred and has united us all as one person and family in Christ. No matter where each one was from we found our rightful place in Christ's unity. I got to see and live that out with an amazing team from "Sweet Home Arizona, where the skies are so so Blue!"

 They have been such a blessing beyond words. And I deeply thank the Lord for the living hope that they have brought streaming out into the Community Hope's kids. They grew more and more to love the Lord, life and every member of the team. Especially the grade six. 

The kids and I thanked them all for the hugs, the games, dancing, worship, spicy card games, and for the life changing testimonies and skits. 

I have been indeed personally encouraged, motivated, grown to love and to appreciate more and more where God called me to be and be a part of.

                           Luke, Blake, Antonio, and Will with the kids during break time

Thor and the grade 2s

                                                                 Meddie and Jamila.

Grade 7's Team Building

The grade 7s has a team building project this weekend at the YWAM base and my brother and I, and a few more young teachers from the school volunteered to help out. I really love it here. It’s really quiet and peaceful.
I get up every morning before sunrise to do my quiet time here by the dam. The morning sun rise is spectacular.Takes my breath away every time. I see that first sun rays peek over those mountains, and it feels like I can hear God Himself whispering good morning to me through that splendid sun rise. He’s beauty is displayed early in the morning, that from the rising of the sun to the sun set, He’s name indeed is praised through all creation.

                                                        YWAM's dam

                                                                    The grade 7s

 I have to say that it has been quite interesting and fun for the past two days. On Friday we had prepared many ice breakers and awesome games for the kids. And yesterday we had early devotional time and then weeding after breakfast. The kids had to learn how to work together as a team which worked pretty well.

Noon time, we went out hiking, which was really my favorite thing to do. I really loved every moment of it. I love Hiking simply because every step you take clearly teaches you about the Christian journey. Which seem to starts off pretty well but as you go up in the middle, the journey starts to get tough and your legs get tired, your arms, and your whole body screams for nothing else but give up!

It always seems easy to go back down then to continue going up. But I have found that when I hike and I come to a point where by I feel tired, I don’t look back but keep my eyes fixed on the top of the mountain. And try to imagine the great view and the nice cooling breeze that I would get once I get up there. Those are the two things that keep me going. And indeed the reward is always great!
The team building, the fellowship, games, and food has been great. The kids truly enjoyed every bit of it, so did we all as teachers.